New Release

Only one book this week and it’s one a number of people have been looking forward to. I was able to get an ARC at the NCTE conference, and well…I’m glad the book is finally available to all.

Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Bloomsbury YA

Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women’s Rights Club. They post everything online—poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine’s response to the racial macroaggressions she experiences—and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by online trolls. When things escalate, the principal shuts the club down. Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices—and those of other young women—to be heard. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads